inflated natural gas bills?

[Cory Dessauer]

So first 4 family property owner here. I purchased last month and just got my first electric and gas bill. Let's just say wallet shock doesnt cover it. To break down the tldr, apparently I used 23.59 in gas last month (44 ccf). that's all fine and dandy, but the 134.45 they charged me in delivery charges for the gas alone seems a bit absurd. I've already spoke to many people at the utility company, AMD they are saying this is justifiable and right. my question is, is this the norm, should I just suck it up? or do I have any recourse other than replace everything with electric? They insist it must be charged at a significantly higher business rate because I have hallways between the units.

[Dallas Hayden]

Originally posted by @Eron A.:

Originally posted by @Dallas Hayden:

Originally posted by @Eron A.:

Originally posted by @Cory Dessauer:

this is summer time. basically I'm paying 158 bucks a month to run a water heater. I figured switching to electric would be my best option. the feesareahats killing. Im paying 570% of the cost of the received gas to receive the gas.

has anything changed with your situation? im thinking of buying a house that uses gas.

sidenote: im the type of guy who can live in a cold house. i just need a lil hat and some a warm joggers. ill even go as far as wearing long johns. f that heat. a better alternative is to buy yourself a crypto miner. them things make so much heat. theyre just loud. too loud.

Gas is critical for 2 things these days: larger tankless water heaters and higher quality stoves. Otherwise, electric can work very well. 

 Can you say more? Why do you say its critical for those things?

Tankless water heaters run only on-demand and require a tremendous amount of power to heat water quickly. Even smaller electric ones can require multiple 40a breakers. Once you approach 10 gpm electric power demands would be prohibitive for standard residential electric services. 

Who wants to pay top dollar for a culinary grade electric stove when gas is available? Electric doesn't cook as well.